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Derek Tracy
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Chief Medical Officer of South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Adjunct Professor at the IoPPN, & Honorary Prof at Brunel Med School. Editorial Board at the BJPsych. https://slam.nhs.uk/trust-board/?consultant=737

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · 5d
Research Methods in Mental Health, our new book from @universitypress.cambridge.org & @rcpsych.bsky.social is out now: www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Reposted by Derek K. Tracy, Jussi T. Eronen

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Science Magazine @science.org · 5d
Just a few million years after the end-Permian mass extinction event, aquatic reptiles and other vertebrates had recovered to form thriving and diverse oceanic ecosystems, according to a Science study of an Early Triassic-age fossil site in the Arctic.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4r0k0U1
Earliest oceanic tetrapod ecosystem reveals rapid complexification of Triassic marine communities
Tetrapods invaded oceanic environments after the cataclysmic end-Permian mass extinction (EPME), with temnospondyl amphibian to reptile-dominated assemblages succeeding across the Early Triassic [~251...
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A Clinician's Brief Guide to The Coroner's Court and Inquests @briefguide.bsky.social · Oct 11
📣 Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic improvement.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Learning from Preventable Deaths. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for a thought-provoking 90-minute webinar that explores how coroners' inquests can be approached not only to reduce stress for clinicians but also to foster meaningful learning and systemic im...
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The NHSA @thenhsa.bsky.social · Oct 10
On #WorldMentalHealthDay we sharing the work of our mental health network - @derektracy.bsky.social CMO of NHS Maudsley recently spoke about his work with the COVID Nightingale Hospitals and the mental health implications of the pandemic for NHS staff

Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
Northern Mental Health Network - Professor Derek Tracey
YouTube video by Northern Health Science Alliance
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Maudsley Charity @maudsleycharity.bsky.social · Oct 8
We're delighted to see this paper about the journey to create VIEWER. At the Maudsley Charity, we've been pleased to fund continued development of this digital tool, now called Locating Useful Clinical Information (LUCI). Find out more here: maudsleycharity.org/case-studies...

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Oct 1
Our open-access paper on #LUCI, our new NLP that sits over our EPR allowing real-time whole population data extraction from single clincian to team to service. Enormous care & research potential: informatics.bmj.com/content/32/1/e… collaborators: @kingsioppn.bsky.social @maudsleycharity.bsky.social

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Sep 7
My thoughts on the past quarter century and next 25 years for mental health services: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kingsioppn.bsky.social

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · Nov 19
We're delighted to announce that IoPPN Executive Dean Professor Matthew Hotopf CBE has been appointed Executive Director at King's Health Partners and Chief Academic Officer for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust #MedSky #AcademicSky

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/matthew...
Professor Matthew Hotopf appointed Deputy Executive Director at King's Health Partners and Chief Academic Officer for South London and Maudsley
Through his new roles, Professor Hotopf will play critical role to create opportunities for effective clinical academic integration across KHP's partners.
www.kcl.ac.uk

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · May 31
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."

This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.

Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.

Better choices instead of excuses.
An Amsterdam street packed with colourful cars in gridlock in the 1970s.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · May 6
Still time to book on our @rcpsych.bsky.social conference 'A new era in leadership, with great speakers including @suhana.bsky.social. Details here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
A New Era of Leadership
Detail page.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · Apr 29
This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Apr 28
It's getting closer! Our Royal Society of Medicine conference on why evolution matters to psychiatrists, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Details: www.rsm.ac.uk/events/psych...

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Julie Anderson ☕️ @julespsych.bsky.social · Apr 27
Im running a leg in the Belfast marathon with some awesome Perinatal CMHT peeps for Action Postpartum Psychosis

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Perinatal CMHT fundraiser for APP
Help Karen Smyth raise money to support APP
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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · Apr 23
The IoPPN Research Festival is back! Join us on 14 May for a afternoon session to learn the latest innovative research from our staff, from ethical #ai in healthcare to reproducing psychedelic effects with a placebo.

#NeuroSky #MedSky #AcademicSky

Register now:
IoPPN Research Festival 2025 - Bridging disciplines, brain to behaviour
An annual showcase of exciting and innovative research celebrating academic success across the IoPPN.
www.kcl.ac.uk

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Apr 8
This Thursday, online and in person at the Medicolegal Society London, Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury gives a clinicans' guide to the Coroner's court: www.medico-legalsociety.org.uk
The Medico-Legal Society
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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Apr 2
Wonderful #SLAM consultant inpatient away-day. Thankful to have such thoughtful, patient-centred colleagues. Lots of ideas for change. Thanks to pharmacy, liaison, & community forensic leaders for joining, & our AMDs & QI team for planning. #GratefulCMO

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Mar 17
A visit to our Croydon North & Croydon South CMHTs at Jeanette Wallace House this morning, and how lovely to meet a team member I worked with as a higher trainee 20 (🙈) years ago.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Mar 8
Thank you to our Bethlem CAMHS inpatient teams for showing me around yesterday. Really helpful to hear from patients & staff on what's working well & where we need to improve. Inspiring seeing the co-located Ofsted outstanding Maudsley & Bethlem school.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Mar 5
Always sunny in Lambeth... thank you to the patients & staff on our Lambeth Early Onset ward for showing me around, telling me what's going well, and where we need to do better. Compassion in our care emphasised by all.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Mar 1
A privilege to be at the RCPsych yesterday to celebrate the life & work of Dr Aggrey Burke, & hear from the outstanding three medical students awarded the inaugural Fellowship named after him. The first Black Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK, his legacy in deep & enduring.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 28
Thank you to Professor Emmanuel Peters & her PICuP team for showing me around this afternoon. The Psychological Interventions Clinic for outpatients with Psychosis has set an international standard for developing & delivering their evidence-based care models & training.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 27
Our chapter on inpatient treatment is now out in the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health. Thanks to the chapters first author, & my old mentor Dr Frank Holloway for leading this throughout 🙏
academic.oup.com/book/59676

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 20
Thank you to our SLAM adult eating disorders' team for meeting & taking me through our care models. World leading research, one of the greatest concentrations of expertise in the world, but always person-centred in approach. Grateful to work with such wonderful clinicians.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 17
A belated thanks to our Lambeth drug & alcohol team for showing me around on Friday. Supporting individuals with opioid, non-opioid & alcohol, & criminal/justice problems, the team will take walk-in self-referrals, & there's no waiting list. Do drop in if we can help.

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · Feb 14
How does #depression alter the brain?

New research has that, when given external stimuli, depressed brains process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.

Click the link to learn more 👇

#IoPPNNews

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mri-des...
New MRI study reveals altered brain activity in depressed adolescents while watching 'Despicable Me'
The brains of adolescents with depression process information about how others are feeling in a way that is different to those without depression.
www.kcl.ac.uk

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 13
Best views from the SLAM liaison team base at St Thomas's Hospital. Thank you to our CAMHS, working age adults, older adults, & neuropsychiatry teams for showing me around, & to GSTT colleagues for discussing challenges from the acute perspective.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 11
Visited our #SLAM national Self-Harm Out-Patient Sevice (SHOPS) yesterday. A unique evidence-based model providing 2 years intensive longer-term psychotherapy for adults experiencing complex & enduring problems relating to self-harm or other forms of self-destructiveness.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 9
Really moved by a visit on Friday to our SLAM START team for individuals who are homeless. An incredibly passionate & dedicated team doing the right thing day in & out with some of the most vulnerable people. Thank you Dr Jenny Drife & team ❤️.

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Derek Tracy @derektracy.bsky.social · Feb 6
Thank you & congrats to Rosa Parks Ward, Lambeth Hospital, South London & Maudsley, for the wonderful patient feedback you have received. Lovely to spend time with patients & staff at the hospital, also including Eden & Nelson wards.

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · Feb 6
The Kings Maudsley Partnership are seeking a Associate Director of Philanthropy to lead the fundraising team & secure significant long-term investment for children and adolescent mental health research & treatment. @maudsleynhs.bsky.social

#AcademicSky

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Associate Director of Philanthropy - King’s Maudsley Partnership
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